TWENTY MAXIMS ON MARRIAGE.

Waikato Times, Volume III, Issue 138, 27 March 1873, Page 2

TWENTY MAXIMS ON MARRIAGE.

The following Marriage Maxima are worthy of more than a hasty reading. Husbands should not pass them by for they are designed for wives, aud wives should<M>t deejusa them for they are addressed to husbands :— I. The very nearest approach to domestic happiness is the cultivation on both sides of absolute unselfishness. 2» Never talk at one another, either alone or in company. 3. Never both be angry at once. 4. Never Bpeak loud to one another, unless the house is on fire 5. I^t each one atiive to yield oftenest to the wishes o£ the other. 6 Let self-denial be the daily aim and practice of each. 7. Never find fault unless it is per'ecMy certain that a fault has beeu coraTMtted, and alwajs speak lovingly. 8. Never taunt with a past mistake. 9. Neglect the whole world beside, rather than one another. 10 Never allow a request to be repeated. 11. Never make a lemark at the expense of each other ; it la mc.uuiess. 12 Never part for a day without loving words to think of dm ing absence. 13 Never meet without a loving welcome 14. Never let the sun go down on any anger or grievance. 15. Never let any fault you have commited go by until you have frankly confessed it and asked forgiveness. 16. Newer forget the happy hours of early love. 17. Never sigh over what might ha\ c been, but make the best of what is. 18. Never forget that marriage 13 ordained of God, and that his blessing alone can make it w hat it ever should be.